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the breeches, a rather expensive article, from being torn 

 to pieces by the thorns, with which the forest was always 

 supplied. Naturally I was highly amused by this original 

 appreciation of the greater value of a pair of breeches than 

 of a man's skin. 



I will now say a word on the Tinamidae observed during 

 our Capim expedition, especially as regards the popular and 

 Indian names for the different species, which were four in 

 number. 



1. Crypturus pileatus, the smallest, is generally called 

 " Sururina" on the Capim River, as well as around the city 

 of Parti. The word is evidently a Tupi word with a Portu- 

 guese termination. The Tembe Indians pronounce the word 

 in the somewhat abbreviated form of " Surury." 



2. Crypturus variegatus is called by the pure Tupi-speaking 

 tribes, such as the " Turyuaras," " Inhambu-anhanga " — that 

 is, "Tinamou-demon." The Tembe Indians call it " Inamu- 

 saracuira." 



3. Crypturus strigulosus is called by the non-Indian popu- 

 lation of Lower Amazonia " Inhambii-relojo " (tinamou- 

 watch) . The Tembes in the interior of the State of Para 

 call it " Inamu-peua-hy " — that is, the " smaller Tinamou 

 with flattened breast." 



4. Tinamus solitaries, the largest form, bears the Indian 

 name " Inhambu-peua " — that is, " Tinamou with flattened 

 breast." Our Tembes called it, however, " Inamii-hu," 

 which means " the large Tinamou." * 



I may add that all the Tinamous have an excellent whitish- 

 coloured muscular breast-flesh, equally good to eat whether 

 boiled or fried, and so tender and nutritious that it is 

 considered all over Brazil a suitable dish even for sick 

 persons. Naturally, therefore, the Tinamidae figure here 

 among the first-class indigenous game-birds. Crypturus 

 pileatus, the " Sururina," is the most popular member of the 



* I met with the same bird in the coast-region of South Guiana with 

 the native names of " Inhammi-serra " and " Inhambii-toro " (see my 

 "Results of a Naturalist's Visit to the Coast-Region of South Guiana," 

 'Ibis,' 1897, p. 156). 



